Jamilti & Other Stories

by Rutu Modan

Book Overview

"Collects the cartoonist's short works, which lead the reader through unexpected turns of plot and unusual character portraits. Some are darkly fantastical and unsettling, such as the unraveling of a serial-killer murder mystery, or her accounts of an infatuated plastic surgeon and his sanitarium, and a mother back from the dead with dubious healing powers. Others are more attuned to surprising discoveries that shape personal identity, as in the story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897299540
• ISBN13: 9781897299548
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Messy Elegance

(Holy--! I can't believe no one's reviewed this...!) A simple look at the cover should tell you of the art quality to be found inside these pages. Drawn in haste with only pencils & a hand; body proportions stretch & smoosh, landscapes tip to an uneven horizon, in a world void of shadow & perfect lines. In some ways the unpolished illustrations are endearing. Like the raw thoughts poured from Modan's head. Many of the stories within this anthology are quick, simple, & compellingly enigmatic, like a lone snapshot of an unusual moment in some stranger's life. Others manage to cram a surprising amount of development into their minimal lengths. There's a strange sort of elegance to each of them, a sense of poetry, with honest characters & gentle emotion. If you enjoyed 'Exit Wounds,' I don't see any reason why you wouldn't enjoy this.